Wednesday, April 3, 2013

I have just set up a Ravelry store to sell my crochet designs to the world!! To view and buy please go to Ravelry.com, and join up if you haven't already, then search using Quick Search for "Catherine Weaver's Ravelry Store".

Ravelry.com has heaps of wonderful crochet, knit and fibre art patterns for sale.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Hi All!I know it has been a while since I blogged. Here pictured below is an example of just one of the many and varied things I've been up to since I last "spoke" to you. I've crocheted an original spider stitch towel topper design! I've still to write the pattern to go with it which may take some time. I've also crocheted an original jogger's ipod/iphone/mobile holder armband also in guess what (?): spider stitch plus a dainty spider stitch Christmas angel tree ornament in white No.10 (bedspread weight) thread. Again I've still to jot down the written patterns and test them. This is the most time consuming part. These patterns will be for sale once I complete the written patts and then work out how to enable downloading of PDF files through Etsy etc. I may also sell actual spider stitch headbands on Etsy in future but only if I give up going to markets.

I hope to publish photos of my other designs at some point as well to give you a sneak preview of them as well.

What else have I been doing to disrupt my designing: heaps of charity fundraiser planning and organising, holding charity crafts market stalls, restocking my crafts stalls, attending C.W.A. (Country Women's Association of Victoria Inc), craft group meetings, birthday and other parties, fitness training five times a weeks plus recovering from them, lol, advertising fundraising events, going to the local theatre and to the movies, keeping "fuelled up" for training and other stuff.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to share pics of my original towel topper.

About Me

I love to raise funds for charity by making and selling my craftwork and love to help others to do so as well.
I am a CWA (Country Womens Association) member which is like the Womens Institute in Britain. I am the President at my local branch and was Treasurer the previous three years. I'm the webmaster of my CWA group, which incorporates five branches.
I have a number of years of scientific training under my belt ie Chemistry and Aquatic Biology formally, but informally much more.
I run "Crafters for Charity", a group where members donate their crafts for me to sell with ALL the proceeds going to charity, currently to The Fred Hollows Foundation, www.hollows.org but also we've also donated funds to American Red Cross, Unicef and Habitat for Humanity.
We've now raised $70,000+ for charity since our small beginnings in the year 2000.
Click on "My Web Page" in my Profile info for more about "Crafters for Charity" through our "Crafters for Charity" e-mail list with Yahoo!-Groups.